Swans discography

Swans discography
Studio albums16
EPs11
Live albums9
Compilation albums14
Singles17
Music videos5
Fundraiser albums5

American experimental rock band Swans has released sixteen studio albums, nine live albums, fourteen compilation albums, eleven EPs and fifteen singles, and seven fundraiser albums containing live, rehearsal tracks and/or demo recordings sold in limited collectible editions to raise money for full-length studio recordings

Studio albums

Year Album title Release details Peak chart positions
US
[1] 		UK
[2] 		BEL FL
[3] 		BEL WA
[4] 		NLD
[5] 		GER
[6] 		AUT
[7] 		SWI
[8]
1983 Filth
  • Released: May 27, 1983
  • Label: Neutral
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — — — —
1984 Cop
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP
 — — — — — — — —
1986 Greed
  • Released: February 28, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
 — — — — — — — —
Holy Money
  • Released: March 27, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
 — — — — — — — —
1987 Children of God
  • Released: October 19, 1987
  • Label: Caroline
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
 — — — — — — — —
1989 The Burning World
  • Released: May 1989
  • Label: Uni
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
 — — — — — — — —
1991 White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
  • Released: June 6, 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
 — — 195 — — — — —
1992 Love of Life
  • Released: February 24, 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
 — — — — 74 — — —
1995 The Great Annihilator
  • Released: January 23, 1995
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, CD, CS
 — — 149 — — — — —
1996 Soundtracks for the Blind
  • Released: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 4LP, 2CD, 2CS
 — — — — — — — —
2010 My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
  • Released: September 23, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, DL
 — — — — — — — —
2012 The Seer
  • Released: August 28, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
 114 167 113 — — — — —
2014 To Be Kind
  • Released: May 12, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
 37 38 39 106 75 56 51 —
2016 The Glowing Man
  • Released: June 17, 2016
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3LP, 2CD, DL
 151 61 39 69 49 29 24 54
2019 Leaving Meaning
  • Released: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
 — — 93 156 — 58 73 77
2023 The Beggar
  • Released: June 23, 2023
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP, 2CD, DL
 — — 98 — — 37 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album title Release details
1986 Public Castration Is a Good Idea
1986 Real Love
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP
1987 Feel Good Now
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: none
  • Format: 2LP, CD
1990 Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: none
  • Format: LP, CD
1992 Omniscience
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1995 Kill the Child
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Disaster
  • Format: CD
1998 Swans Are Dead
  • Released: January 20, 1998
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2012 We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
(re-release)
  • Released: May 10, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2017 Deliquescence
  • Released: May 17, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2024 Live Rope
  • Released: November 15, 2024
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD,4LP

Fundraiser albums

Year Album title Release details
2010 I Am Not Insane
(demo tracks)
  • Released: Jan 20, 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2012 We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: Feb 2, 2012
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2013 Not Here / Not Now
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: September 14, 2013
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2015 The Gate
(live and demo tracks)
  • Released: October 1, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2019 What Is This?
(demo tracks)
  • Released: March 18, 2019
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2022 Is There Really a Mind?
(demo tracks)
  • Released: February 2022
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2024 Live Rope
(live tracks)
  • Released: November 2024
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD, USB, 4LP

Compilation albums

Year Album title Release details
1986 Time Is Money (Bastard) / A Screw
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: PVC
  • Format: CS
1990 Filth (L.P.#1, E.P.#1) 1982/83
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD, CS
1991 Body to Body, Job to Job
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: LP, CD, CS
1992 Cop / Young God
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1992 Greed / Holy Money
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: CD
1997 Children of God / World of Skin
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
1999 Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Format: 2CD
1999 Various Failures
  • Released: March 22, 1999
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2000 Filth / Body to Body, Job to Job
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2003 Forever Burned
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: CD
2015 White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life
  • Released: December 4, 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2LP+CD, 3CD
2017 The Great Annihilator / Drainland
  • Released: April 28, 2017
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD
2018 Soundtracks for the Blind / Die Tür ist zu
  • Released: July 20, 2018
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 3CD
2020 Children of God / Feel Good Now
  • Released: November 13, 2020
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 2CD

Extended plays

Year Album title Release details
1982 Swans
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Labor
  • Format: 12"
1984 Young God
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1986 A Screw
  • Released: May 2, 1986
  • Label: K.422
  • Format: 12"
1988 Love Will Tear Us Apart
(red and black versions)[a]
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Product, inc.
  • Format: 12", 7", CD
1992 Love of Life / Amnesia
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: 12", CD
1996 Die Tür ist zu
2011 Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011
  • Released: June 17, 2011
  • Label: Free Music Archive
  • Format: DL
2014 Oxygen
  • Released: November 24, 2014
  • Label: Young God
  • Format: DL

Music videos

  • "A Screw" (1985)
  • "New Mind" (1987)
  • "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988)
  • "Saved" (1989)
  • "Love of Life" (1992)

Singles

Title Year Chart positions Album
US Alt. US College Radio UK
[2]
"Time Is Money (Bastard)" 1986 — — — Non-album single
"New Mind" 1987 — 47 — Children of God
"Can't Find My Way Home" 1989 — — — The Burning World
"Saved" 28 20 96
"Love Will Save You" 1991 — — — White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
"Celebrity Lifestyle" 1995 — — — The Great Annihilator
"Failure/Animus" 1996 — — — White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Soundtracks for the Blind
"I Am the Sun" (live) 1997 — — — Non-album single
"Jim" 2010 — — — My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky
"Mother of the World" 2012 — — — The Seer
"A Little God in My Hands" 2014 — — — To Be Kind
"Screen Shot" 2015 — — —
"When Will I Return?" 2016 — — — The Glowing Man
"Finally, Peace" — — —
"Mind / Body / Light / Sound" 2017 — — — The Great Annihilator (Reissue)
"Volcano" 2018 — — — Soundtracks for the Blind (Reissue)
"It's Coming It's Real" 2019 — — — Leaving Meaning
"The Hanging Man" — — —
"Paradise Is Mine" 2023 — — — The Beggar
"Los Angeles: City Of Death" — — —

Notes

  1. ^ There are two versions of this Joy Division cover; one sung by Jarboe ("black") and another by Gira ("red").

References

  1. ^ "Swans – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Discography Swans". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Discografie Swans". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Discografie Swans". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Discografie Swans". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Discographie von Swans". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "Discographie Swans". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Discographie Swans". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2020.